The Eurasian Harm Reduction Association (EHRA) collated insights and recommendations from a regional project that aims to empower communities through community-led monitoring mechanisms.
The UNODC Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific describes the diverging trends and drivers in the production of opium and heroin in Myanmar and Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR).
Nelson and Dumbili introduce a special issue of 'Drugs, Habits and Social Policy' that sheds light on the social and structural drivers of opioid use in the continent, and the impacts of restrictive policy.
As the presence of nitazenes, powerful synthetic opioids, increase in the UK drug supply, the 'Stayin' Alive' campaign strongly advises people who use heroin, oxycodone, and benzodiazepines to adopt additional safety measures, including testing, reducing dosage, and carrying naloxone.
Harm Reduction International presents an update to key data in their flagship report - The Global State of Harm Reduction, including the launch of a new drug consumption room in Colombia.
Rioux et al. explore the ways in which virtual overdose monitoring services and overdose detection technologies can help to expand the reach of 'traditional' harm reduction interventions whilst highlighting concerns —including related to privacy and surveillance.
Paradise et al. underscore the importance of incorporating the voices of people experiencing homelessness into the development of housing and substance use treatment programs, in order to reduce the risk of overdose and protect those most vulnerable to the intersecting housing and opioid overdose crises.
As Scotland's drug overdose deaths remain the highest in Europe, experts call on the government to expand beyond the pilot of one overdose prevention center and implement multiple sites, a national drug checking service and widespread diamorphine treatment.